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Christopher Pyne was the federal Liberal MP for Sturt from 1993 to 2019, and served as a minister in the Howard, Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments. He now runs consultancy and lobbying firms GC Advisory and Pyne & Partners and writes a weekly column for The Advertiser.

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No end in sight for Afghan civil war

War in Afghanistan was already going on for decades before the 2001 invasion. Now, 20 years later, it’s still far from over, writes Christopher Pyne.

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The iso trend that’s growing on me

Covid-19 isolation has taught us plenty and created numerous trends. There’s one in particular that has grown on Christopher Pyne, he writes.

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31/7/21. Adelaide Freedom Rally.Picture: Keryn Stevens

Anti-vaxxers must not hold us back

Opponents of vaccines are already a problem now, writes Christopher Pyne. What happens when the rest of us are vaccinated by we still can’t open the country?

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South Australian health minister Jack Snelling arrives at the caucus meeting at Parliament House, Adelaide, Monday, September 18, 2017. South Australia will get two new ministers under a new-look Labor cabinet just six months out from the next state election. (AAP Image/Ben Macmahon) NO ARCHIVING

Family First is back. So now what?

A recreated Christian political party should not come as a surprise to anyone with a modicum of political knowledge, writes Christopher Pyne.

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Why couldn’t a human petri dish of Olympic proportions wait?

Letting the Tokyo Games go on was the wrong call and will have an enduring pandemic legacy, writes Christopher Pyne.

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Why the war in Afghanistan must be seen as a success

Some don’t see the Afghanistan War and Australia’s involvement a success. They’ve forgot why it happened, says former defence minister Christopher Pyne.

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Ayers House is too valuable to be locked in the past

Why the National Trust needs to be based at one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in Adelaide is yet to be explained, writes Christopher Pyne.

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